is in protected areas. About 55% of the unprotected area is still forested. Protected areas include Monte Cimone, Appennino Tosco-Emiliano National Park, Foreste Casentinesi, Monte Falterona, Campigna National Park, Gran Sasso e Monti della Laga National Park, Abruzzo, Lazio, and Molise National Park, Sirente-Velino Regional Park, and Matese Regional Park. External links References Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Ecoregions of Italy Apennine Mountains Montane forests Ecoregions of Europe Palearctic ecoregions